Monday, August 17, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 163: qunga

paquzipquzip ti vuvu tua qunga. 

In English: 
Grandma is raising geese.

Glossary:
  1. paquziquzip: the root is "quzip" (to raise, to rear, to breed). [pa-quzip] means to raise, actor voice/focus; reduplication [pa-quzi-quzip] indicates present continuous. 
  2. ti: nominative phrase marker for a singular personal noun
  3. vuvu: grandpa, grandma
  4. tua (ta): oblique case marker for a specific common noun 
  5. qunga (gaciu): goose, geese. qunga is onomatopoeic, imitation of the goose's honk
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